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Plumb re-handle - worth the effort? - re-hung again!
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Here's the little one.
After I made the BIG axe mallet, I had to make a smaller one that was actually a usable size. This is it. You can tell I didn't spend a lot of time on finishing since I was already behind due to having made an un-wieldable mallet the first time...
After posting earlier, I realized I can probably improve the little one's handle mating. There's a major engineering flaw in that the socket in the head isn't nearly deep enough, and the parallel, socket-length area on the handle is similarly too short.
However, it can be re-done a little and probably be good for awhile.
Tonight I pulled the silly nails, wrenched out the handle, cleaned the glue out a bit, loaded it back up with a LOT of glue, and gave it a new wedge. It's drying now. Tomorrow I'll cut the wedge off about 1/2" from the head.
After I made the BIG axe mallet, I had to make a smaller one that was actually a usable size. This is it. You can tell I didn't spend a lot of time on finishing since I was already behind due to having made an un-wieldable mallet the first time...
After posting earlier, I realized I can probably improve the little one's handle mating. There's a major engineering flaw in that the socket in the head isn't nearly deep enough, and the parallel, socket-length area on the handle is similarly too short.
However, it can be re-done a little and probably be good for awhile.
Tonight I pulled the silly nails, wrenched out the handle, cleaned the glue out a bit, loaded it back up with a LOT of glue, and gave it a new wedge. It's drying now. Tomorrow I'll cut the wedge off about 1/2" from the head.
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The more I read about axes, head geometry, and look at pictures, the more I'm appreciating my little Plumb.
At first I thought it was only 10 years old or so, but now I'm recalling that this must have been the axe that sat in the corner of my mom's side hall for years. I finally grabbed it probably 6 years ago. Hard to say when it was purchased.
At first I thought it was only 10 years old or so, but now I'm recalling that this must have been the axe that sat in the corner of my mom's side hall for years. I finally grabbed it probably 6 years ago. Hard to say when it was purchased.
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Lacking a proper scale, I put the hung Plumb on my universal strain meter: a Lyman trigger-pull gauge.
It reads an ounce or two shy of 4lb on its new 28" (OAL) handle. Would this make the head about 3lb?
What's the recommended handle length for a 3lb axe? 28" is convenient as a truck size, but it's a bit short for general use around the yard, and I suspect going much shorter would be really unbalanced.
-Daizee
It reads an ounce or two shy of 4lb on its new 28" (OAL) handle. Would this make the head about 3lb?
What's the recommended handle length for a 3lb axe? 28" is convenient as a truck size, but it's a bit short for general use around the yard, and I suspect going much shorter would be really unbalanced.
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That'll work!
I really don't like the fact that the Swedish axes come with masks/sheaths without a welt. Very poor design.
I really don't like the fact that the Swedish axes come with masks/sheaths without a welt. Very poor design.
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I learned a lot in the last few weeks on this subforum and working on new-to-me axes. So I went back last night and re-hung the first one on a real Tennessee Hickory handle.
The lady of the house liked it so much she insisted on taking a picture. I'll post a couple others later:
http://instagram.com/p/RnRovlGeYi/
The lady of the house liked it so much she insisted on taking a picture. I'll post a couple others later:
http://instagram.com/p/RnRovlGeYi/
